Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche

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Jamgon Kongtrul, the Man and the Myth

In telling the story of one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most influential scholars, a biographer reminds us to see great teachers—past and present—as human beings.

Interview with Alexander Gardner by Matthew Abrahams

Dec 19, 2019

Man parting curtain to reveal a winding road behind it. what is bodhicitta

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Summer 2018

Unique gelatin silver print photogram depicting buddhist canon fear

Canonical Teachings on Fear

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Time for Radical Change in How We Raise Our Tulkus

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse writes that current training is not preparing young lineage holders for maturity and spiritual leadership.

By Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

Aug 22, 2016

Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche’s Bardo Teachings

In one of his final teachings the Buddha introduced the idea of tathagatagarbha, the buddha essence within every sentient being. The teachings make it very clear that tathagatagarbha pervades all beings equally in quantity as well as quality. This primordial essence is never defiled, but it becomes obscured when an individual engages in negative activity […]

By Jamgon Rinpoche

Fall 1992

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